The Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice · 2007 · 18 citations · 2 references
NursingMental Health NursingPsychiatryCrisis InterventionMental Health CounselingMental Health PromotionViolence ManagementViolence Risk ManagementMental Health Provider TrainingTraining
Breakaway training is a mandatory training programme for mental health staff in both NHS and private services. However, the question that remains outstanding from the recent guidance on the management of short‐term violence published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) (NICE, 2005a; 2005b) is whether breakaway training is effective?This paper provides a history of and evidence for breakaway training, and a study examining the content of breakaway training in one English high secure hospital is provided.
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